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Why does it take the U.S. two years and multimillions of dollars to elect a president?

Why isn't education a bigger political issue in the presidential campaign?

According to CNN, a report published by the Black AIDS Institute, an HIV/AIDS think tank, states that the AIDS epidemic among African Americans in some parts of the U.S.

In an Op-Ed piece, Huntsville (AL) Times columnist and radio talk show host David Person asks the question: Is "struggle" still the best way to describe the Black experience?

Obama, Fields and other black politicians are winning over whites by embracing a quest for unity and understanding rooted in dialogue and accountability. In the process, however, they have placed themselves on a collision course with some black folks who continue to view white society and the U.S.

A USA Today Op-Ed piece took the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to task over its study entitled Where the Girls Are, which infers that "boy troubles" in education are a myth and, if not, the gap between male and female students is limited to poor and minority children. The paper took the view:

The facts show that gender gaps start to emerge in elementary school and widen in middle school. As for the contention that the gaps are a function of race and income, not gender, that

One of the most far-reaching impacts of a presidency is selecting justices for the Supreme Court. Many question the decision-making process used by the Court. One view is that judges should be independent thinkers and not political partisans:

The judiciary is supposed to be an independent branch of government composed of serious jurists with the unenviable task of applying the law, legal precedent and constitutional principles to cases that are by their very nature ambiguous.

The disparity in pay between men and women has been discussed for years. In a USA Today Op-Ed piece, the debate on why women don't fare as well as men on the pay scale continued. One view is that career choices and business ventures are bigger factors than gender bias:

The fact is, women's career choices have more to do with the pay difference than does discrimination Another little-noticed part of the pay gap is that women are more reluctant than men to convert skills into business ventures.

At what price point will gas prices be too high and result in your making major changes in your lifestyle?

The proposed design of the statue planned for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial has triggered controversy.

What does Sen. Obama's nomination means for Americans and the presidential race?